Chapter Summaries

Lu Changsheng and his group reached Dragon Fall Gorge, the safest entrance to the Ancient Ruins Forbidden Land, and followed the other forces inside. A fight over an Ice Phoenix Lotus awakened the Ice Abyss Flood Dragon King, which fixed its gaze on everyone in the gorge.

• Lu Changsheng led Murong Taxue, Tu Jiao, Shi Jingtian, and Rui'er across the Extreme North Ice Plain and warned them to stay alert after they saw the many dead martial artists.
• Lu Changsheng's group reached the Ancient Ruins Forbidden Land and followed the gathered forces to Dragon Fall Gorge, where they waited for the others to enter first.
• Tu Jiao stopped Shi Jingtian from rushing ahead and urged their group to let the other forces scout the gorge because the Ice Abyss Flood Dragon King was said to dwell there.
• Lu Changsheng's group entered the gorge and found an Ice Phoenix Lotus, but Lin Qingxuan warned that fighting over it could wake the Flood Dragon King.
• Jian Gu rushed to seize the lotus, Lei Qingtian attacked him, and the other factions joined the ensuing melee.
• Lu Changsheng led his group behind an ice wall as the battle's commotion awakened the Ice Abyss Flood Dragon King, whose scarlet eyes opened and locked onto everyone.

The Ice Abyss Flood Dragon King awakened in Dragon Fall Gorge and attacked the gathered Martial Artists, who joined forces to fight back. Lu Changsheng blinded it but was badly wounded, and Murong Taxue severed one of its wings; the enraged dragon began unleashing a deadly surge of ice across the gorge.

• The Ice Abyss Flood Dragon King emerged from a fissure, blamed the gathered Martial Artists for disturbing its lair, and attacked them with ice storms and beams, killing dozens.
• Murong Taxue urged the forces to unite, and Lin Qingxuan, Long Aotian, Jian Gu, Lei Qingtian, and thousands of Martial Kings joined the battle.
• Murong Taxue and Lin Qingxuan held off the dragon while Lu Changsheng attacked its abdomen and was struck by its tail.
• Lin Qingxuan bound the dragon with the Immortal Binding Lock, allowing Lu Changsheng to pierce its right eye with the Sea God Halberd; the dragon broke free and severely wounded him.
• Rui'er, Shi Jingtian, and Tu Jiao tried to help Lu Changsheng but were struck down, while Jian Gu refused to aid him.
• Murong Taxue used the Lunar Moonlight Slash to sever one of the dragon's wings, and the enraged Flood Dragon King unleashed a deadly wave of ice across the gorge.

Long Aotian used the Dragon Suppressing Seal to kill the Ice Abyss Flood Dragon King after it recovered and slaughtered dozens of Martial Artists. After resting and recovering in Dragon Fall Gorge, the survivors resumed their journey toward the Ancient Ruins Forbidden Land.

• Lin Qingxuan, Murong Taxue, Long Aotian, Lu Changsheng, Jian Gu, and the other Martial Artists attacked the recovering Ice Abyss Flood Dragon King, but it killed many of them in return.
• At his fellow disciples’ urging, Long Aotian unleashed the Dragon Suppressing Seal, which restrained and killed the Ice Abyss Flood Dragon King.
• Jian Gu blamed Long Aotian for the deaths, but Lu Changsheng condemned Jian Gu for provoking the Flood Dragon King, and the survivors turned against Jian Gu.
• Long Aotian accepted the others’ thanks, and the forces rested in Dragon Fall Gorge while recovering from their injuries and depleted spiritual power.
• After half an hour, Long Aotian led the forces deeper into Dragon Fall Gorge, with Lu Changsheng and his companions following toward the Ancient Ruins Forbidden Land.

Lu Changsheng and his companions entered the Ancient Ruins Forbidden Land, a lush realm concealing deadly dangers, and began searching its forest for treasures and clues to the Qilin Saint Medicine. After Lu Changsheng saved Rui'er from an Ancient Soul-Bewitching Flower, the group continued deeper into the forest on high alert.

• Lin Qingxuan passed through the seven-colored light membrane at the end of Dragon Fall Gorge, revealing the entrance to the Ancient Ruins Forbidden Land.
• Lu Changsheng and his four companions entered the forbidden land and found a verdant realm filled with dense spiritual qi, while Murong Taxue warned them that its beauty concealed lethal dangers.
• The factions split up to explore, and Lu Changsheng led Rui'er, Murong Taxue, Tu Jiao, and Shi Jingtian toward a forest to seek treasures and clues about the Qilin Saint Medicine.
• Jian Gu and Lei Qingtian each left with their forces while harboring plans to attack Lu Changsheng later.
• Rui'er was bewitched by an Ancient Soul-Bewitching Flower, but Lu Changsheng rescued her and scorched the flower with lightning.
• Lu Changsheng warned his companions to stay together and avoid unfamiliar plants, then led them farther into the forest.

Lu Changsheng and his companions entered a deadly forest of Ancient Poison Demon Trees, where Rui'er was poisoned and the group was forced to fight their way out. After Lu Changsheng took a poisoned thorn meant for Rui'er, Murong Taxue unleashed her full power to protect him as the trees closed in.

• The group found the skeleton of a Martial Venerable Kui Ox, and Lu Changsheng took its broken horn before they continued deeper into the forest.
• Shi Jingtian picked and shared sweet red fruit with the others as they gathered treasures along the way.
• Rui'er was scratched by a black thorn in the pitch-black forest, and Murong Taxue suppressed the poison and treated her wound.
• The thorn that had cut Rui'er absorbed her blood, awakening the Ancient Poison Demon Trees, which attacked the group with poisonous branches.
• The group tried to break out east, but roots and falling thorns trapped them, and Lu Changsheng took a poisoned thorn in his back while saving Rui'er.
• As more trees swarmed the injured Lu Changsheng, Murong Taxue unleashed her supreme yin power and swung a massive sword strike at them.

Murong Taxue froze the Poison Demon Tree forest so Lu Changsheng and the others could escape, and Lu Changsheng recovered from his injuries in a hidden cave before the group left the forest. Outside, they found Shentu Lie and his men attacking three Jade Maiden Sect disciples over an ancient map, and Murong Taxue confronted him.

• Murong Taxue used the Cold Pride Sword Art to freeze the Poison Demon Trees, then warned the group that the ice would hold them for only six hours.
• Lu Changsheng led the group through the frozen forest, then cleared the poison from his body and healed his wound in a hidden cave.
• The group left the primeval forest and heard fighting nearby as they crossed a peaceful plain.
• Lu Changsheng's group found Shentu Lie and the Shentu Family surrounding three wounded Jade Maiden Sect disciples and demanding their ancient map.
• Murong Taxue stepped forward and condemned Shentu Lie for threatening the three women.

Lu Changsheng intervened when Shentu Lie tried to seize an ancient map from three Jade Maiden Sect disciples, then defeated and crippled the Sixth-Rank Martial King despite being a First-Rank Martial King. After Shentu Lie fled with his followers, the rescued disciples offered Lu Changsheng the map as thanks.

• Murong Taxue confronted Shentu Lie and ordered him to leave, but Lu Changsheng stepped forward to fight him himself.
• Shentu Lie attacked Lu Changsheng with the Heaven-Opening Axe, but Lu Changsheng evaded and countered his strikes with the Sea God Halberd.
• Lu Changsheng met Shentu Lie’s Mad Axe Breaks the Heavens with his halberd, seriously injuring him and damaging his axe.
• Lu Changsheng pierced Shentu Lie’s wrist and smashed his kneecap, then ordered the Shentu Family disciples to take him away.
• Liu Ruyan introduced herself and her junior sisters, Liu Qing and Liu Rou, and offered Lu Changsheng their ancient map in gratitude for saving them.

Lu Changsheng accepted the Jade Maiden Sect sisters’ ancient map, which led to the Three Absolutes Elder’s inheritance in Mist Nightmare Valley. As his group arrived at the valley, they encountered the Nangong Family and Wind God Palace, and Nangong Sha recognized Lu Changsheng with murderous hatred.

• Liu Ruyan persuaded Lu Changsheng to accept the ancient map after explaining that it recorded the Three Absolutes Elder’s inheritance and had already cost seven Jade Maiden Sect sisters their lives.
• Murong Taxue described the Three Absolutes Elder’s Divine Ability-level palm, fist, and sword arts, then gave Liu Ruyan’s group Qingling Pills before the sisters departed.
• Lu Changsheng read that the inheritance lay in Mist Nightmare Valley, and his group set out to reach it before rival forces could claim it.
• Lu Changsheng’s group arrived at the fog-shrouded valley, where Lu Changsheng warned them that its mist carried hallucinogenic poison.
• Nangong Sha of the Nangong Family and Murong Chong of Wind God Palace appeared at the entrance, and Nangong Sha recognized Lu Changsheng and voiced his hatred.

Lu Changsheng and the Azure Sun Sacred Sect entered Mist Nightmare Valley alongside the Nangong Family and Wind God Palace, each group seeking Three Absolutes Elder’s inheritance while watching for rivals. Deep in the hallucinogenic fog, they discovered a Qilin Saint Medicine, and Nangong Sha immediately coveted it as a chance to break through to Martial Venerable.

• Nangong Sha restrained his vengeful clansmen because he prioritized securing Three Absolutes Elder’s inheritance, while Lu Changsheng warned his allies that the Nangong Family remained dangerous.
• A Wind God Palace disciple advised Murong Chong to let the Nangong Family and Lu Changsheng’s group fight before seizing the inheritance, and Murong Chong led his people into the valley.
• Nangong Sha ordered his disciples to search for the inheritance and watch for an opening to attack Lu Changsheng’s group before entering the valley.
• Lu Changsheng organized his companions and led them into the fog, warning them to guard against its hallucinogenic toxin and stay together.
• A golden light revealed a Qilin Saint Medicine growing atop a boulder, and Murong Taxue identified it as the legendary medicine as Nangong Sha fixed on it greedily.

Lu Changsheng saw through a fake Qilin Saint Medicine and stopped Shi Jingtian from approaching it, while the trap injured Nangong Sha and killed several Nangong Family disciples. The three groups continued deeper into Mist Nightmare Valley, where they encountered more than three hundred Black Jade Stone Men that attacked them.

• Nangong Sha and Murong Chong rushed toward the apparent Qilin Saint Medicine, but Lu Changsheng warned Shi Jingtian that it was likely an illusion and a trap.
• The Qilin Saint Medicine vanished, and hidden weapons burst from the boulder, blinding Nangong Sha and killing or injuring several Nangong Family disciples while Wind God Palace escaped with few injuries.
• Lu Changsheng's group continued through the valley with Nangong Sha and Murong Chong's groups following, each more wary of traps.
• The three groups encountered more than three hundred Black Jade Stone Men blocking the path, and the stone guards raised their axes and attacked.

Lu Changsheng and the others fought through Three Absolutes Elder’s Stone Man Array, discovering that shattered stone men contained hidden treasures. Lu Changsheng spotted a powerful Emerald Stone Man at the array’s center, but after it sent him flying with one punch, he resolved to defeat it and claim what it held.

• More than three hundred Black Jade Stone Men awakened, and Nangong Sha urged the groups to attack while Murong Chong told Wind God Palace to conserve its strength and take the spoils.
• Lu Changsheng found that ordinary strikes could not pierce the stone men, but his Sea God Halberd infused with destructive thunder shattered one and revealed an advanced Earth-tier Martial Skill.
• After learning that the stone men contained treasures, Shi Jingtian, Tu Jiao, Murong Taxue, Rui'er, Nangong Sha, and the Wind God Palace disciples joined the fight and collected rewards.
• Lu Changsheng smashed more than twenty stone men and noticed an emerald-green stone man at the center of the array that was far stronger than the others.
• The Emerald Stone Man punched Lu Changsheng back and injured him, leaving the others stunned; Lu Changsheng then vowed to smash it and obtain its treasure.

Lu Changsheng fought the Emerald Stone Man and unleashed his newly learned Mount Sumeru Palm after his other attacks failed to defeat it. The palm covered the creature in spreading cracks, but its final fate remained unclear.

• Lu Changsheng resumed his attack on the Emerald Stone Man, but it predicted his movements and blocked every strike.
• Nangong Sha tried to ambush Lu Changsheng, but Murong Taxue intercepted him and warned him not to attack again.
• Lu Changsheng used the Dragon Elephant Golden Body and fought the Emerald Stone Man head-on, but his strongest conventional attacks barely damaged it.
• The Emerald Stone Man shattered Lu Changsheng's Immeasurable Buddha Bell and sent him flying, but Lu Changsheng refused Murong Taxue's help.
• Lu Changsheng summoned the Mount Sumeru Palm, which clashed with the Emerald Stone Man and left cracks spreading across its body.

Lu Changsheng obtained the Five Thunders God-Slaying Array Diagram after defeating the Emerald Stone Man, then followed his companions to the Three Absolutes Elder’s inheritance. When Murong Taxue reached for a Divine Ability, the supposedly dead elder struck her down and awakened, threatening to kill everyone.

• The Emerald Stone Man shattered, and Lu Changsheng claimed the Five Thunders God-Slaying Array Diagram, a seventh-grade spirit array requiring five kinds of rare lightning to activate.
• Tu Jiao, Rui'er, Shi Jingtian, Murong Taxue, and Lu Changsheng shared their gains from clearing the Stone Man Array before continuing deeper into the valley.
• Lu Changsheng and the others reached the Three Absolutes Elder’s remains and saw three Divine Ability scrolls floating above the corpse.
• Murong Taxue rushed ahead and reached for the blue sword technique scroll, but the Three Absolutes Elder awakened and struck her off the platform with one palm.
• Lu Changsheng caught the gravely injured Murong Taxue and used Pill Beast blood to stabilize her, while Murong Chong and Nangong Sha retreated.
• The Three Absolutes Elder stood and declared that everyone would remain in his sleeping place and be buried with him.

Three Absolutes Elder awakened and attacked the gathered factions, but Lu Changsheng discovered and shattered the mark sustaining his remnant soul. After the three Divine Ability manuals went to Lu Changsheng, Murong Chong, and Shi Jingtian, Nangong Sha demanded they surrender them and ordered his disciples to attack.

• Three Absolutes Elder rose from his corpse and slaughtered more than twenty disciples as the gathered forces tried to overwhelm him.
• Three Absolutes Elder wounded Nangong Sha, Murong Chong, Tu Jiao, and Shi Jingtian, while Lu Changsheng noticed a hidden mark between his brows.
• Lu Changsheng destroyed Three Absolutes Elder's Remnant Soul Mark, causing the elder to collapse and the three Divine Ability scrolls to fly away.
• Lu Changsheng seized the black palm manual, Murong Chong took the golden fist manual, and Shi Jingtian ended up with the blue sword manual after it struck him.
• Nangong Sha demanded the manuals and ordered his remaining disciples to attack Lu Changsheng and his companions, while Murong Chong held back to watch for an opportunity.

Lu Changsheng fought Nangong Sha, initially struggling against the stronger elder before activating the Thunder Tribulation Armor and turning the battle in his favor. He left Nangong Sha severely injured while Murong Chong continued waiting for a chance to seize the Divine Abilities.

• Murong Chong ordered the Wind God Palace disciples to watch Lu Changsheng and Nangong Sha fight and attack only after both were weakened.
• Nangong Sha sent more than a dozen Nangong Family disciples after Shi Jingtian and Tu Jiao, then attacked Lu Changsheng himself.
• Lu Changsheng met Nangong Sha's Heaven-Splitting Divine Palm head-on, but later fell under the elder's barrage of palm techniques and was knocked down.
• Lu Changsheng activated the Thunder Tribulation Armor, raising his realm from First-Rank Martial King to Fourth-Rank Martial King.
• Lu Changsheng overwhelmed Nangong Sha with lightning-enhanced attacks and struck him into a pit, leaving him badly injured.
• Murong Chong decided to keep waiting, believing Lu Changsheng would be exhausted after the fight and become an easy target.

Lu Changsheng survived Nangong Sha’s Demon Dragon Ancient Seal when the Creation Devouring Heaven Cauldron swallowed and destroyed the summoned demon dragon. He killed Nangong Sha and the remaining Nangong Family disciples, then turned his attention to Murong Chong and the Wind God Palace group.

• Nangong Sha summoned the Nangong Family’s Demon Dragon Ancient Seal, which released an ancient demon dragon to attack Lu Changsheng.
• The Creation Devouring Heaven Cauldron appeared from Lu Changsheng’s dantian, swallowed the demon dragon, and refined it, destroying the seal and severely injuring Nangong Sha through their connection.
• Nangong Sha fled, but Lu Changsheng caught him and killed him with the Sea God Halberd.
• Shi Jingtian and Tu Jiao killed the remaining Nangong Family disciples as they tried to escape.
• Murong Chong reconsidered whether to pursue the Divine Abilities, and Lu Changsheng turned his icy gaze toward him.

Lu Changsheng forced Murong Chong to surrender Three Absolutes Elder’s fist technique scroll, securing all three Divine Abilities for the group. After healing Murong Taxue enough for her to awaken, Lu Changsheng, Shi Jingtian, and Tu Jiao examined the scrolls and began opening the golden fist-art manual.

• Lu Changsheng blocked Murong Chong and demanded the fist technique scroll because Murong Chong had planned to take all three Divine Abilities while Lu Changsheng and Nangong Sha fought.
• Murong Chong surrendered the scroll and left with the Wind God Palace disciples, then fainted after coughing blood from his injuries and rage.
• Lu Changsheng gave Murong Taxue ten drops of Pill Beast blood, and she awoke, though the sinister force from the Three Absolutes Elder’s strike still limited her strength.
• Shi Jingtian identified the blue sword-art manual as the Void Sword Art, and the group decided to give it to the sword-skilled Junior Brother Qing He.
• Lu Changsheng set out the black palm-art and golden fist-art manuals, and the group chose to inspect the fist technique first.

Lu Changsheng studied the Creation Devouring Heaven Palm and used the Creation Devouring Heaven Cauldron to master its black-hole technique, while Shi Jingtian and Tu Jiao began learning the Great Mountain River Fist. After Murong Taxue revealed that the sinister power in her dantian still limited her strength, the group decided to seek the Qilin Saint Medicine and left Mist Nightmare Valley.

• Shi Jingtian and Tu Jiao took the Great Mountain River Fist scroll to study, while Lu Changsheng opened the Creation Devouring Heaven Palm manual.
• After repeated failures, Lu Changsheng drew on the Creation Devouring Heaven Cauldron’s spatial power and formed a black hole with the palm art, devouring a mountain peak.
• Shi Jingtian and Tu Jiao demonstrated their early progress with the Great Mountain River Fist, and Lu Changsheng showed them the enormous pit left by his palm strike.
• Murong Taxue told Lu Changsheng that the sinister power in her dantian still limited her to roughly half her strength, despite her recovering injuries.
• Lu Changsheng proposed finding the Qilin Saint Medicine to remove the lingering power and possibly help Murong Taxue reach the Martial Venerable Realm.
• Lu Changsheng, Murong Taxue, Shi Jingtian, Tu Jiao, and Rui'er packed their belongings and left Mist Nightmare Valley to search for the Qilin Saint Medicine.

Lu Changsheng and his companions entered the Wild Forest seeking the Qilin Saint Medicine and agreed to help Lin Shishi's Ice Palace defeat the guardian of the Five-Colored Divine Lotus. The Five-Colored Glazed Beast emerged from the lake, and the two groups faced the powerful guardian.

• Lu Changsheng chose to lead the group east into the Wild Forest to search for the Qilin Saint Medicine and heal Murong Taxue.
• Lin Shishi of the Ice Palace approached Lu Changsheng and offered to share the ten Five-Colored Lotus Seeds if his group helped defeat their guardian beast.
• Lu Changsheng agreed to cooperate with Lin Shishi after Tu Jiao, Shi Jingtian, and Murong Taxue supported the plan.
• Lin Shishi led Lu Changsheng's group to a hidden valley, where they saw the Five-Colored Divine Lotus and its ten seeds in the lake.
• The Five-Colored Glazed Beast burst from the lake, revealing its peak Seventh Grade Martial King strength.

Lu Changsheng and the others battled the Five-Colored Glazed Beast, whose beams could turn matter and energy into brittle glaze and whose scales quickly healed from injuries. After spotting an unarmored weakness beneath its tail, Lu Changsheng let the beast strike him into Five-Colored Lake so he could approach it underwater.

• The Five-Colored Glazed Beast attacked the group with glazing beams, and Lu Changsheng set the injured Murong Taxue and Rui'er inside a Defense Spirit Array before joining the fight.
• Lu Changsheng, Tu Jiao, Shi Jingtian, Lin Shishi, and the Ice Palace disciples attacked the beast, but its scales resisted their blows and its counterattacks killed most of the disciples.
• Lin Shishi's Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Sword failed to pierce the beast's shield, and the group's combined strike wounded its left foreleg only for the injury to heal within moments.
• Lu Changsheng noticed that the beast briefly exposed unscaled skin beneath its tail when it attacked and decided to strike the weakness from underwater.
• Lu Changsheng deliberately let the beast's tail hit his shoulder, then fell into Five-Colored Lake and secretly waited beneath the water for a chance to attack.